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How to Make The News in Infinite Craft

The News is a long haul. Even on the shortest known route it takes 38 combinations to get there, and the final one is Future Tense plus Huey Lewis. Expect to build several intermediate elements you will never use again.

The final combination

Future TenseHuey LewisThe News

Marathon38 steps from the base elementscrafting depth 585 known recipes

Full crafting path from the base elements

Start with Water, Fire, Wind and Earth, then follow these 38 combinations in order.

  1. 1EarthWindDust
  2. 2DustFireAsh
  3. 3FireWaterSteam
  4. 4FireSteamEngine
  5. 5EarthEngineTractor
  6. 6EarthTractorFarm
  7. 7FarmFireBarbecue
  8. 8AshBarbecueBurger
  9. 9BurgerWaterSoggy Burger
  10. 10DustEngineVacuum
  11. 11FireVacuumBlack Hole
  12. 12Black HoleEngineTime Machine
  13. 13Soggy BurgerTime MachineFuture Burger
  14. 14EarthWaterPlant
  15. 15PlantSteamTea
  16. 16EngineWindWindmill
  17. 17TeaWindmillDutch
  18. 18DustEarthPlanet
  19. 19FirePlanetSun
  20. 20SunTime MachineFuture
  21. 21DutchFutureTense
  22. 22Future BurgerTenseFuture Tense
  23. 23PlanetSteamSteampunk
  24. 24SteampunkWindAirship
  25. 25EarthPlantTree
  26. 26WaterWindWave
  27. 27TreeWaveSurfboard
  28. 28AirshipSurfboardHoverboard
  29. 29DustHoverboardMarty McFly
  30. 30FireMarty McFlyBack to the Future
  31. 31FireWindSmoke
  32. 32SmokeWaterFog
  33. 33FogPlanetVenus
  34. 34VenusWaterAphrodite
  35. 35EngineSteamTrain
  36. 36AphroditeTrainLove Train
  37. 37Back to the FutureLove TrainHuey Lewis
  38. 38Future TenseHuey LewisThe News
Crafting tree
1Earth + Wind→ Dust2Dust + Fire→ Ash3Fire + Water→ Steam4Fire + Steam→ Engine5Earth + Engine→ Tractor6Earth + Tractor→ Farm7Farm + Fire→ Barbecue8Ash + Barbecue→ Burger9Burger + Water→ Soggy Burger10Dust + Engine→ Vacuum11Fire + Vacuum→ Black Hole12Black Hole + Engine→ Time Machine13Soggy Burger + Time Machine→ Future Burger14Earth + Water→ Plant15Plant + Steam→ Tea16Engine + Wind→ Windmill17Tea + Windmill→ Dutch18Dust + Earth→ Planet19Fire + Planet→ Sun20Sun + Time Machine→ Future21Dutch + Future→ Tense22Future Burger + Tense→ Future Tense23Planet + Steam→ Steampunk24Steampunk + Wind→ Airship25Earth + Plant→ Tree26Water + Wind→ Wave27Tree + Wave→ Surfboard28Airship + Surfboard→ Hoverboard29Dust + Hoverboard→ Marty McFly30Fire + Marty McFly→ Back to the Future31Fire + Wind→ Smoke32Smoke + Water→ Fog33Fog + Planet→ Venus34Venus + Water→ Aphrodite35Engine + Steam→ Train36Aphrodite + Train→ Love Train37Back to the Future + Love Train→ Huey Lewis38Future Tense + Huey Lewis→ The News

Other ways to make The News

5 combinations are known to produce The News. Here are 5 of them.

Alternative combinations that produce The News
FirstSecondResult
AbeoHuey LewisThe News
Future TenseHuey LewisThe News
PluralThe NewThe News
MoreThe NewThe News
SimilarThe NewThe News

What you can make with The News

The News at a glance

Steps to craft
38
Marathon
Crafting depth
58
longer than 97% of solved elements
Known recipes
5
ways to make it
Used in
7
other combinations

Other elements that take 38 steps

Similar effort to The News, if you want something else to chase.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make The News in Infinite Craft?

Combine Future Tense with Huey Lewis. The full path from the base elements takes 38 steps.

How many steps does it take to make The News?

38 steps on the shortest known path from Water, Fire, Wind and Earth.

Is The News hard to make in Infinite Craft?

It rates as marathon. At 38 steps it is longer than 97% of solved elements.

Is there more than one way to make The News?

Yes. 5 combinations are known to produce The News, and the shortest route is shown above.

Path verified against the open recipe graph on . Method described in our methodology, data credited on data sources.